Valve to support Mac?

Posted by Kevin in Apple, Featured, PC, Windows | 0 comments

In a surprising twist, the latest update and UI tweaks to Valve’s digital distribution platform, Steam, have unlocked a few interesting changes, as pointed out by steampowered.net forum users.

Bringing your explorer to C:\Program Files\Steam\resource\menus\osx.menu will unlock some interesting code samples and files. As shown below:

Associated Mac OSX files for minimising/maximising/hiding windows

Dock icons

Of course, the addition of steam to Mac allows companies like EA who use the system to sell Mac-centric titles to users. It does not, however, indicate a shift in thinking within Valve with regard to developing titles for the platform. Some time ago Gabe Newell, CEO at Valve, commented that they would like to develop for Apple, but wanted Apple to pay around $1million for the privilege. This despite the fact that Microsoft didn’t pay Gabe & co. at any point. Of course Gabe has a history of nasty remarks about the industry. Last year he told Sony to pack up and give up on the PS3, and that he would never develop any titles for the system. Only this week we find Valve are now open to the idea of bringing games to the PS3. I usually take such comments with a grain of salt as the top dogs at Valve are mostly ex-Microsoft employees… and are likely candidates for the title “Loud-mouthed Fanboy”.

Still, some Valve games on my Mac would be very welcome!